2004 MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class service

157 Glossary
Audio source
This includes the systems radio, tape
and CD (CD drive in the control unit and
CD changer) as well as an external
source, e.g. tape recorder.
Emergency call
This function places a call to a local
9-1-1 provider. It does not initiate a
->TELE AID call. Please note that the
9-1-1 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a
criminal offense.
GPS
(G
lobal P
ositioning S
ystem)
Satellite-based system for relaying
geographic location information to and
from vehicles equipped with special re-
ceivers. Employs DVD digital maps for
navigation.Heading-up
The map is displayed facing driving di-
rection pointing up during route guid-
ance.
MCS
(M
odular C
ontrol S
ystem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communications
systems, including the radio, tape and
CD player*, as well as for other option-
al equipment (CD changer, telephone,
etc.).Mix
Display representation during destina-
tion guidance. The symbol display is ac-
tivated automatically from the map
display as the vehicle approaches a
maneuver point. After you have made
the maneuver, the map will appear
again.
Navigation DVD
Contains all the destination addresses
(town, road, intersection, house num-
ber, special destinations) and the digi-
tal map material for a country or a
region for destination entry, route cal-
culation and destination guidance.

158 GlossaryNorth-up
The map is displayed facing due north
during route guidance.
Provider
is the network operator who makes
available (provides) telephone services
Roaming
For this function, the telephone uses
the telephone network of a contract
partner. There are home type and non
home type systems. MCS displays the
system currently used with the
RM indicator.
Service numbers
includes a personal service number
and the number for roadside assis-
tanceService source
This includes the systems telephone,
navigation (voice output during desti-
nation guidance) and ->Voice control
system
TELE AID*
(Tele
matic A
larm I
dentification on D
e-
mand)
The Tele Aid system consists of three
types of response: automatic and man-
ual emergency, roadside assistance,
and information. Tele Aid is initially ac-
tivated by completing a subscriber
agreement and placing an acquintance
call.
The Tele Aid system is operational pro-
vided that the vehicle's battery is
charged, properly connected, not dam-
aged, and cellular and GPS coverage is
available.Unlock code
Your unlock code prevents unautho-
rized persons from using your tele-
phone. The unlock code is a number
string, which you have to enter on
switching on the telephone.
Voice control system
One of the service sources of MCS.
As voice-operated control system it
controls the MCS systems via voice, re-
fer to the separate operating instruc-
tions.
Voice output
During a trip, apart from visual informa-
tions (symbol or map displays), MCS
also provides all of the
necessary spoken route information
via voice output.

161 Index
I
Important notes
navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Inserting
a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
a tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD drive with an audio CD . . . . . . . . 51
the navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98L
Language
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Light mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Listening
a cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Loading
CDs in the changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52M
Main menu
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Main menu structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Maneuver list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Mapaltering the scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
selecting a destination . . . . . . . . . . 120
Map and screen orientation . . . . . . 147
MCS
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
MCS control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
MCS operating unit
switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Memory functions
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Menu overview
CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . 68
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Message
“CD ERROR” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
“CHANGER ERROR” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
“DISPLAY IS TOO HOT ...” . . . . . . . . . 13“Error reading DVD-ROM.
Please check the disk” . . . . . . . . . . 103
“MAG. EMPTY” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
“MUSIC CD INSERTED PLEASE
REPLACE WITH A
NAVIGATION DISC” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
“NAVIGATION DISC INSERTED ...” . . 58
“NO CD” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
“NO MAGAZINE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
“NO SERVICE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
“NO TAPE ...”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
“PHONE IS OFF ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
“PLEASE ENTER UNLOCK
CODE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
“Please insert DVD-ROM” . . . . . . . . 103
“SYSTEM BUSY” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
“TAPE ERROR, TAPE MAY BE
TOO TIGHT” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
“TELEPHONE NOT ATTACHED” . . . . . 79
Music search
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
tape operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 45
Muting
voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

164 IndexSelecting
a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
a CD from CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . 18
a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
destination
via the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
estimated time display . . . . . . . . . . 145
guidance display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 32
station (satellite radio) . . . . . . . . 19, 72
unit of measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Service numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Service source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Setting
Radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Settings
map and screen orientation . . . . . . 147
navigation systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Points of Interest icon options . . . . 146
switching between the light/
dark mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
time display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
SIRIUS information menu
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Soft key functions
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sound
optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Speed-dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Station see radio station/
satellite radio
Storing
station (satellite radio) . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Switching off
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
COMAND control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MCS operating Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Switching on
another system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 30
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 56
MCS operating Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 102
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 30
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 84System information. . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
display dimming characteristics . . . 151
integrated clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
switching between the light/
dark mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
time display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
T
Tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
blank skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
changing sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Dolby B (noise reduction) . . . . . . . . . 47
error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
fast forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
inserting/ejecting a tape . . . . . . . . . 40
listening to a cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
music search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 45
pause. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
rewind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
scan function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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